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William Fernando FORD

William Fernando FORD

Male 1865 - 1943  (78 years)


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  • Name William Fernando FORD
    Birth 16 Oct 1865  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1880, 1900 20 30 40  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1930  [4] 
    laborer on dairy farm 
    Occupation 1940 
    farmer 
    Death 26 Dec 1943  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5] 
    Burial Seventh Day Baptist Church Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 6] 
    Person ID I58585  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 20 Apr 2017

    Father George W. FORD,   b. 15 Oct 1820   d. 16 Sep 1902, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
    Mother Polina A. DAVIS,   b. 1 Feb 1827, Salem, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jun 1906, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
    Family ID F20393  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Irena Bell DAVIS,   b. 15 Jun 1871, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Nov 1927, Buckeye Run, Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years)
    Marriage 16 Oct 1890  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Children 
    +1. Ruby Ferrell FORD,   b. 23 Dec 1891, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jun 1953, Cherry Camp Run, Bristol, Harrison Co,WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
    +2. Oral Virtes FORD,   b. 29 May 1893, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Apr 1968, Philippi, Barbour Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
    >3. Veta Pauline FORD,   b. 5 Feb 1895, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Jan 1932, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 36 years)
     4. Lula FORD,   b. 9 Jun 1896   d. 16 Sep 1896 (Age 0 years)
    +5. Clifford Ray FORD,   b. 16 Apr 1898, Buckeye Run, Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Mar 1969 (Age 70 years)
     6. Leo Carl FORD,   b. 13 Aug 1900, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Mar 1971, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
    +7. Ella Hazel FORD,   b. 7 Sep 1902, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Dec 1966, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)
    +8. Rexal Marvin FORD,   b. 20 Apr 1911, Newman (now Tarkiln at Rt 50), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Dec 2003, Akron, Summit Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years)
    Family ID F25193  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Hattie Lee CHEDESTER,   b. Jul 1878, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jan 1956, Nevada Co, CA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 77 years)
    Marriage 22 Mar 1930  Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Notes 
    • 1930 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Apr 4 1930:
      William Ford, 64, laborer on dairy farm; wife Hattie, 49; son Oral, 22 (sic), dairy truck driver, married; stepson Victor Johnston, 17, single; stepson Golden Johnson, 15; stepdau Jessie Johnston, 10; stepdau-in-law Alta Johnston, 20, married (corrected from widowed).

      1940 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Apr 25 1940 at on Route 50 at Buckeye:
      W. F. Ford, 74, farmer, widowed; son L. C. Ford, 39, coal miner, widowed.

      1940 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Coal District, City of Clarksburg), enumerated on Apr 16 1940:
      Harriet L. Johnston, 61, widowed; dau Opal Faye Johnston, 35, single, selector at glass factory; lodger Audrey L. Reeder, 28, single, selector at glass factory.

      NOTE: The widowed statuses of William F. Ford and Harriet (Hattie) Chedester Johnston are clearly incorrect. They were married in March 1930 and appeared together the following month in the 1930 Census.
    Family ID F42997  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S2569] West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    2. [S83] Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, (Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >), p. 218.

    3. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    4. [S2041] 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District).

    5. [S1773] Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101).

    6. [S2243] Cemeteries of Tenmile District, Harrison County, WV, (Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1989, revised 1995)).

    7. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 310 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11796485&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as W. F. Ford, 64, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Mrs. Hattie L. Johnson, 50, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Mar 22 1930 in Smithburg, officiated by B. R. James, a Minister of the M. E. Church.